Almost there! 46.5% DONE!

Wow, so it has almost been a year since my last post. Life sure got crazy!! But crazy in a great way! :)

Baby Natalie Jane was born on 12/14/10 weighing in at 7 lbs. 15 oz. and was 21.5 inches long. My goodness, how time flies when you are having fun!!! I just love this little girl to bits! She has filled my life with such happiness and love. (along with her papa, of course!) Here she is!! My mini!!!! (It is now so painfully obvious how long it has been since my last update since the last picture of her that posted was her 19 week ultrasound!)

Anyway, obviously life has changed a bit, so I went through and cleaned up my list. There were a few items that were on my original personal list, but once I decided to make it public, I changed a few. Well, I decided that it's time to be honest with myself and give myself credit for items accomplished even if it was of a very personal nature.


Even though I've been "away" from my blog, no worries...... I've been keeping up my end of the deal. I have been checking things off left and right! :)


Ok, so here goes the update~!!!


14. Add chair rail in dining room



15. Paint the kitchen


16. Sand and repaint the cabinets


I am so happy that these are done! I have wanted this (at least the kitchen) since the first day I walked into my house as a potential buyer. My first response? "if we buy this house, the kitchen has to be fixed" well, five years later, it finally happened!! Below are the before and after pics!

On the topic of home renovations, here is another great one:

17. Redo the Driveway

Again, before and after! :)

Moving on from home improvements,

23. Host three dinner parties with at least five people present (1/3)--- we had the Murphys and the Szczukas over for a couples night.

32. Scrapbook 30 pages (one a month)- (17/30) Thanks to my friend Rachel, I am readdicted to scrapbooking. :) I have gotten through scrapbooking my pregnancy all the way to the hospital visits. LOTS more to go and lots to catch up on, but I'll take any kind of progress! :)

I am so happy that two of my wishes off of my "personal" list came true! :)

37. Get married (or at least engaged)-- Married the most wonderful friend, father and husband. Honestly, this man is best thing that could have ever happened to me. :) Here is a picture of me and my Matthew!

38. Have a baby-  YAY!!!!!!

40. Visit three friends – go to their city (2/3) and 44. Take a completely impulsive, spur of the moment road trip.we recently went to Washington DC to visit my friends Chelsea (and her hubby!) to see their new home and puppy and my friend Joe. :)

49. Go to a farmers market three times (4/3)--- this one was already accomplished, but I've taken this one to an extreme lately! I joined a local, organic co-op! So I get fresh, local, organic veggies and fruits delivered to me every week!! It's amazing!!  Check it out for your self! Here is a pic of last week's delivery!

65. learn to cook baby food-- Yup, I'm making all of Natalie's food! :) I just love cooking, so why not cook for my little one too? I enjoy knowing exactly what goes into her food and it's a great way to use the veggies from the farm co-op! :) I also like knowing that it was made with lots of "vitamin Ai" as my mother would say. "Ai" is Japanese for love. <3

76. Watch 30 documentaries (one a month) (17/30)-- I'm seeing a trend here.....lol!

-Food Matters

-Fat, sick and Nearly Dead

-Fat Head

-Fast food Nation

79. See 101 new movies (109/101)--- guess I can stop counting! :)

-The Guardian

-127 Hours

-Burlesque

-Twighlight Eclipse

-Black Swan

-The Hurt Locker

-Gran Torino

-Date night

-Love and other drugs

-You again

-Despicable me

-Taken

-Bride Wars

-Back to the Future I

-Back to the Future II

-Back to the Future III
-Twighlight New Moon
-Brothers
-Chaos Therory
-Easy A


100. Write down my favorite part of the day, every day.  An example of my journal of favorite moments---


August 14, 2011~
Natalie’s 8 month birthday! My favorite thing about today? Lying in bed after being woken up from a two hour nap by Natalie and Matt. We all lay in bed and Matt and I took turns kissing Natalie’s face and tickling her. The sound of her giggling and her full belly laugh as Matt was blowing raspberries on her neck is something I never want to forget.

new list still coming soon!!

well, it's been a busy month! SO much to do to get ready for the newest member of our family, but I've been trying to keep up with my goals list! Should probably do it now before my life is totally taken over! haha. So here is the latest and greatest......


17. send out birthday cards once a month (18/30) Happy birthday to my sept. peeps!! Marissa, Dad and Chelsea! :)


25. scrapbook a page a month- (6/30) I've been busy! I figure with the little one on the way, I might as well take advantage of any "down time" I have and catch up! Otherwise, who knows when I'll have time to keep track of all of these good memories? :)


28. Go out for a girls night once a month (9/30)- went out to dinner and to see "eat, pray, love" with Maria and Emily. I must say the book was much better. I feel like the book had so much internal stuff going on that a movie just doesn't do it much justice. What was so beautiful about the book was not the indivisual EVENTS as much as it was the realizations she comes to in her journey to heal and become more what she was meant to be. That's hard to show in a movie. But either way, good night out with the girls. :)


46. donate to three charities- (3/3) I took a huge load of things to the Junior League. Gotta make room for the little one who will be here in about 10 weeks!!! crazy! so much to do!!!


76. watch 30 documentaries (13/30) I watched the "dolphin defender" a documentary about saving dolphins around the world. :) A tribute to my old 5th grade self!


77. try 15 new restaurants (41/15) we went out to a new Peruvian/Chinese fusion restaurant called Chima. It was sooooooooooooooooo good!!!! Highly recommended! Lots of veggie and non veggie options. All parties were satisfied. :)


79. see 101 new movies (89/101)

Lots of movies!!! too many to go through....
-eat pray love
-valentines day
-disturbia
-it's complicated
-time traveler's wife
-love happens
-funny people
-did you hear about the morgans
-following
-men who stare at goats
-zombie land
-evil dead
-the dead zone
-did you hear about the morgans


80. try 30 new recepies (31/30)
-cheesy bacon chicken- obviously for Matthew, not me. :-p
-BBQ chicken fold over/ BBQ Tofu fold over. --- wow, this was AMAZING. For the Tofu one, I took grilled zucchini, red onions, corn, red pepper, tofu and BBQ sauce and then made a thin bread casing for the whole thing. YUMMMMMM!


84. Take Jin to the dog park 30 times (18/30)- we've been busy!! Poor little guy though....... every time we take him to the park, there are no dogs there! or they leave pretty much right after we get there. Do we smell? :-p we are going to take him to the dog park in center city today and see if we have more luck.

Changes are coming again!!!

I feel like I say this every time I write...... where does the time go?!?! Anyway, lots of exciting news on my front! :) In fact, I may have to change my list a bit because.......




I'm pregnant! :) That's right, it's a little girl for me and Matt! :)


Here she is sucking her thumb:


So keep your eye out for some changes once again to the 101 list, but no worries, I'm still keeping the same deadline, so really I'm kind of making it harder on myself! :)


ok, so on to some updates!!!

17. send out 30 b-day cards (15/30) Happy birthday Nana!! :)

76. watch 30 documentaries (12/30) I watched "the business of being born" which was like the food inc. of child birth! lol. Very interesting stuff. Mostly talking about how hospitals make it easier on themselves, rather than the mother when it comes to the birthing process. HIGHLY recommended for anyone who is thinking about natural birth.

77. try 15 new restaurants-(40/15) wow, I'm really into this one! haha! I tried three new places:

-Benelux which is a Belgian fondue restaurant. It was pretty good, but I have to say, it comes no where near this place in NYC called "DIP" I have to go back!!!

-I forget the name!! hahah! It's a Turkish kebab place Manayunk. It was pretty good, although I recommend eating outside, it was sooooooooo hot in there!!


-New Delhi an Indian restaurant in University City that Chelsea and I tried. Unfortunately it was too spicy for me. Even on mild settings. It's no Amar India, that's for sure.


79. see 101 new movies (75/101)
-the wrestler: pretty good movie. It wasn't as depressing as I thought it would be.

-the reader: sick and twisted, and yet, very emotional and very good. Highly recommended!

-inception: OMG! this was amazing. Go out and see it RIGHT NOW!

-couples retreat: a silly comedy. It wasn't as bad as the rating said. It's a typical cute and funny romantic comedy

-sex drive: I watched the director's uncut version which was just odd. lol. It was ok. humorous.

-Julie and Julia: If only I could be as good as she is on keeping up with my blog! VERY cute movie.

-Transformers II: to be honest, I fell asleep. lol. Perhaps this one shouldn't count.

-Shrek the III: same with this one! :-p

-Toy Story III: cute, just like the first two.


84. Take Jin to the dog park 30 times (13/30) One night Matt and I decided to take him to the Manayunk Pretzel Park around 7:45. It was still light out, but unfortunately, all of the dogs had gone home for the night!! So poor Jin had to play pretty much by himself. :-p he had fun though! (and I got eaten alive by mosquitos)

Lots of family time! :)

17. send out 30 birthday cards (14/30)--- Happy birthday Christy and Stacy! :) Also coming up in June: Nana! :)

18. visit family 15 times (15/15)
wow, we've gotten spoiled on this one!! I have seen my parents essentially every week in a new city for three weeks straight!! :)

First they came to Philly for my wedding reception :) more photos to come once I get the CD from the photographer.
Then, I took Matt back to Dayton, OH for my UD 5 year reunion. Pretty crazy to think it's been 5 years already!! Here is Matt after his first official class at the QC! :)

Finally, this past weekend, we went to Dewey Beach, DE for my cousin Elyse's wedding!! Here I am with my Nana! :)

So much fun!!! I am so spoiled now!!! now it's time to go back to just the two of us in Philly.

28. Go out for girls night once a month (8/24)- went with the DE girls to dinner and then to see Sex and the City 2.

79. see 101 new movies (66/101)
- sex and the city 2: meh, it was ok. Not necessary to be 3 hours long!!


80. Try 30 new recipes (29/30)

-butternut squash soup: yummmmmmmmmmmm

-butternut squash quesadillas: from my friend Kim's friend's website http://www.twobluelemons.com/ it's a great website for delicious veggie recipes. SO GOOD!!

Yikes!! where does the time go???!

wow, seriously, how does time go by so quickly!!! I have been doing a really bad job keeping up on this!!

not to worry though, I have been keeping up with the 101 list!! :-D Just not very good about writing it down.....

Perhaps the MOST exciting one to update:

29. Travel to a new continent- I went to South America!! :) Where I went to Rio in Brazil, Iguazzu Falls in both Brazil and Argentina and then to Buenos Aires in Argentina for about 10 days. Also exciting news about this trip...... I eloped at the falls!! :)>



46. Donate $200 to three different charities- (2/3) I donated to the Tibetan Relief Fund that my father's non-profit was putting together to give to the Dalai Lama when my father was the MC for his event in May. :) A cause that has always been one near and dear to the Hayes heart. :)



79. See 101 new movies: (65/101)

-Iron Man 2
-Just one of the guys
-The machinist
-Bolt
-Hairspray
-Predator
-The Shawshank Redemption



Thanks to the long flight from Brazil for these:
-Up in the Air
-The Blind Side
-The Invention of Lying



84. Take Jin to the dog park once a month (12/30)- now that the weather is getting better, we are going a lot!! :) He went to the last Shiba Inu meetup and it was sooooooooo packed! There had to have been at least 30 Shiba there, of which, 20 were reds like him! It was really hard to figure out which one he was when they were all running around like mad playing together. :) so cute!!!!!



100. Buy myself flowers once a month (7/30)- Although Matthew spoils me quite a bit, I do manage to go out and buy some flowers for myself from time to time :)

Spring is on it's way!! :)

wow, so I was having a lot of difficulty signing in! I finally had a little extra time today so here we go!! :)

15. Skype with the ohhas 15 times (once every other month) (9/15) This is working out really well doing once a week! :)

18. Visit family 15 times (12/15)- went to Newark, NJ for a seminar on ethical leadership that my father put on. It was great to see him and my sister, along with some old friends! :) (and meeting new ones!!)--- plus they got to try all of my new raw snacks! ---see below!

76. Watch 30 Documentaires (11/30)

- Food, Inc.- this was absolutely life changing!!! soooooooooo good! I highly recommend it to EVERYONE! it's not a gory PETA type movie. I avoided it for a long time because I thought that that was what it would be. SO good!!! you must see it!! Find out where your food is REALLY coming from!

79. See 101 new movies (54/101)

-Shutter Island: AMAZING! I was scared because I thought it was a horror film, but it was really good!!

-Ghost Busters: A classic that my friends can no longer give me a hard time for not having seen yet :-p

-Curious Case of Benjamin Button: to quote a video on you tube "if you are going to see one version of Forrest Gump this year, see Benjamin Button" that about summs it up :-p

80. Try 30 new recipies (27/30)- so I got my excalibur dehydrator and I've gone a little nuts with the raw foods snacks!! So good for you and so yummy!! :)

-Naked kale chips

-kale crackers

-spicy flax seed crackers

-cheesy flax seed crackers

-sunflower cranbery breakfast bars

-apple cookies

-choco Oatmeal cookies

-sour cream and onion flax seed crackers

-flax seed crackers

- Rosemary/Garlic flax seed crackers

84. Take Jin to the dog park once a month (9/30)

took him once to the park in center city, and once to the Fairmont Park. It has been so beautiful lately that it's a sin not take him out and enjoy the sunshine! Too bad he got off leash at the Fairmont Park. Yikes!!! He had me chasing him all through the woods getting smacked in the face with branches, covered in mud, etc. But luckily, I got the little guy back. Silly Jin..... Here he is after he got a bath since he was so muddy. So handsome with his little bandana! :)

100. Buy myself flowers 30 times (5/30)- Bought myself some lovely Roses at the local famer's market today. BUY LOCAL! :)

March already? EEKS!

wow, how time has flown!

well, I'm keeping up with the 101, even though I've been pretty bad about noting it my blog!!

14. write 30 hand written letters/post cards (5/30) I sent four girls a special valentines day card and dark chocolate :) Love you girls!!

15. Skype with the oh-has 15 times (7/15) Thanks to a scheduled weekly skype session, this has been a lot easier to do! I love being able to keep up with the girls on a weekly basis :)

29. Travel to a new continent! - this one is in the works......... less than 7 more weeks and I'll be in BRAZIL!!!!! AND ARGENTINA!!!!!! :-D wooo hoo!!!!!! Can't wait!!

71. Read 15 books (12/15)- I recently finished "Healthy lifestyle" by Patricia Bragg. I'm obsessed!!! Back to being a veggie now and now even on the verge of VEGAN! That's right, I cut out my FAVORITE food in the whole wide world..... cheese. But........ the good news is....... I'm feeling much better already!! :)

76. Watch 30 documentaries (10/30) I just got the Planet Earth series on blu ray. WOW, it is BEAUTIFUL! I can't get enough!! :)

77. Try 15 new restaurants- went to Fogo De Choa. lol. Not a whole lot for me to eat, but it was fun company regardless :)

79. see 101 new movies- (52/101)
- The mist
-Step Brothers
-Get Smart

80. Try 30 new recipes (17/30)
- Chicken Parmesan
-baby bok choy salad
-whole wheat pita bread
-"cheesy" Kale chips--- just bought an Excalibur dehydrator!! soooooooooo excited!!
-guacamole

January is Flying by!!

15. Skype with the oh-has 15 times (4/15)- yay! and we actually got all four on there!! :) Here are my girls when we went to LA in 2003!

17. send out 30 birthday cards (12/30) happy birthday to all of the January and February Peeps! :)

18. Visit Family 15 times (11/15)- had a great family visit in Atlantic City for the Action Martial arts magazine expo! :) Dad was one of the featured celebs and I was helping him run his booth! The boys came too, so it was quite a big gathering of Hayes fun! :) Met lots of celebs too! good times!!

With the fam.....

With James Lew

With Michael Jai White. He was in Batman!


With Chuck Zito and Dan Severn. I look so tiny!!

76. Watch 30 documentaries (4/30): watched in the womb- animals. OMG! this was fascinating!!

79. See 101 new movies (49/101)
Saw Avatar in 3D! Wow, what an amazing movie! I couldn't move at the end of the movie because I was so impressed!!


80. Try 30 new Recipes (12/30)
- chicken noodle soup- a new recipe that was quite yummy

- Cheesy salsa chicken- surprisingly very good!

-Italian Spinach pie. I veggie lover's dream! It's like a quiche, but without the fatty crust! yum!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! :)

Happy New Year! Almost to my one year mark of starting the 101 list! :) Almost 30% done too!!!
Wishing everyone the very best this new year! :)

23. Knit a scarf and send it to a friend- (still in the works! It's gonna take some serious time to complete!) I'm currently knitting a scarf for my BFP, Joe! :) He already claimed it when the list came out. Sorry folks! :)

28. Go out for a girls night once a month (7/24)- spent time with Rosie and Stacy at the bar at Thai 9 in the Oregon district in Dayton, OH. Lots of long needed chatting and fun! :)

43. Save $2 a day ($686/$2,020) -as of December 31, 2009.

44. save $20 per item completed- ($580/$2,020)

77. Try 15 new Restaurants (36/15)
-Brio at the Greene in Dayton with the fam, the Birdi Family and "momma Myers" :)

79. See 101 new movies (48/101)
- UP- soooooooooooooo cute!!!! Highly recommended!

-The Road- the 2nd most depressing movie I've ever seen. The 1st being "grave of the fireflies" My mom was so drained by it that we had to go to Cheesecake factory in order to get a little more happiness in our lives! haha.

-Sherlock Holmes- very entertaining movie!

-The Blair Witch Project- pretty freaky! I can't say that I'm going camping anytime soon! haha. I guess # 36 will have to wait a little while!

-Paranormal Activity- I know, I can't believe I saw it either! but in actuality it wasn't that scary!

88. Practice Sei Tai (1/125)- Practiced with mom and dad on my last day in Dayton. :) Now I just gotta do it on my own!

It's almost x-mas time! my the month goes by quickly! I really need to keep up with updating this!!

7. Change out fixtures on the cabinets

Yay! finally did this! Looks soooooo much better don't you think?

BEFORE........ (ugly white and gold handles in the middle of the cabinet)

After...... (stainless steel round knobs in the corner of the cabinet!)

18. Visit family 15 times (10/15)

For thanksgiving this year, Marissa and I continued our new tradition of sister's thanksgiving! :) It was really nice! We made some stuff and bought the others at wholefoods. :-p And of course did our Black Friday shopping!!!

Here is Jinners enjoying Thanksgiving (being bad, but soooooooo cute!):

xmas- I'll be home for Christmas............... :) Here we are spreading a little bit of holiday cheer at the quest Center! :) It's great to be home!!

20. Throw a theme party- of course I had to have a ROCK BAND party! :)

28. Go out for a girls night once a month (6/24)- went to the Lady Gaga concert with my concert groupies!! :) We ended up getting 'pit' seats so we were crazy close up!!!!

77. Try 15 new Restaurants I have never tried before (34/15)- went to a Malaysian Restaurant in Wilmington called Rasa Sayang. DELICIOUS!!!

79. see 101 new movies (43/101)

-the road: wow, super depressing!!!

-Bruno: VERY crude... I enjoyed Borat much more!!

-Slumdog millionaire: sooooooooooooooooo good!

-the proposal: LOL, this movie gives chick flicks a bad name!

80. Try 30 new recipes (9/30)

I made mac and cheese for thanksgiving. Believe it or not, I've never made it other than out of a box before!! :-p it was a little too cheesy if that is possible! haha.

85. Get a trainer for Jin- this has turned out to be amazing!!! he's such a good little boy! :)

100. Buy myself flowers once a month (3/30)

Already mid-november?!?

my goodness! Where has the year gone????


well, since my last entry, I had my 27th birthday! eeks! I can't believe I'm 27! It was a great birthday though! I'm sure I'll be blogging about it later when I have a ROCK BAND party! :-D tee hee hee.


76. Watch 30 documentaries (one a month) (3/30)- just watched the biography on the Dalai Lama. Felt it was fitting after I went to see him just last month in NYC. :) Here I am pictured with the fam and some friends and a couple of my dad's monk friends from NYC and India. :)




77. Try 15 restaurants I have never tried before (one every other month) (34/15)- went to PARC at Rittenhouse for brunch with my newly wed friends Demi and her hubby Taka. :) so cute! <3



79. See 101 new movies (39/101)- I am on a roll!!

- saw: because it was Halloween. Loved the ending and that I wasn't that scared!

-Frailty: lots of twists and turns. A great movie

-Orgazmo: for a silly movie by the makers of south park

-Brotherhood of the wolf: a french movie that has kind of crouching tiger-hidden dragon feel

-Atonement: it was pretty slow and not a whole lot happened......



80. Try 30 new recipes (once a month) (8/30)

-apple crisp: not so crisp! hahaha. it was still pretty good....... still need to work on it a bit! :-p

-Red Lobster cheddar bay biscuits- denser than the ones they make in the actual restaurant. Still need to work on it further, but still really yummy!!



84. Take Jin to the dog park 30 times (once a month) (7/30)- been taking little Jin-man to the Pretzel park in Manayunk. Last week he got beat up by a chihuahua named "bug". Yeah, my dog is really tough. :-p Here he is going after the one guy he can beat up!




89. Take a hot bath 30 times (once a month) (4/30)- took on the eve of my b-day! Unfortunately it was more for medicinal purposes than for "fun" but it was still nice.

So I haven't been so good about keeping this updated!! oops! Hopefully now that busy season is over (and I have time for a life!) I can get back on track! I'm sure I've missed a few, but at least I'll get some of them down and counted. :)

18. Visit family 15 times (8/15)- went to NYC because my parents were there to visit with the Dalai Lama. So got to see them and my sister and Kanu (my sister's BF) so it was nice, but quick visit! :)

76. Watch 30 documentaries (one a month) (2/30)- watched Fahrenheit 911. Eh. It had some interesting points, but it was so incredibly skewed one way that it was hard to take seriously.

77. Try 15 restaurants I have never tried before (one every other month) (33/15)

-Presto (Italian on ridge): DELICIOUS gnocchi!!!!

-Grahm's pub: could be the best chicken quesidilla I have ever had outside of my own kitchen! lol.

-Helium Comedy club: actually really good cheese pizza!!! :)

79. See 101 new movies (34/101)

-Garden state: quirky and fun :)

-say anything: definitely an 80's movie! :-p cute and fun.

-the good girl: Interesting....... very dark and twisted, but a pretty good movie.

-boondock saints: a movie I was told would be too scary for me so I avoided it. Um.... not so much! I thought it was really good!!!!

-where the wild things are: hmmm.... loved the book as a kid, read the book yesterday and couldn't understand why. :-p but either way, it was a disappointing movie unfortunately.

-spaceballs: It was time. lol. Definitely a funny movie and it's nice to finally know where all of the lines come from that I seem to hear all of the time.

-Over her dead body: Hands down, in the top five worst movies I have ever seen! hahaha. This movie is TERRIBLE.

-charlie Wilson's war: very good movie! I love movies based on real people. I feel like I learned a new perspective. :)

80. Try 30 new recipes (once a month) (6/30)- made a salmon with garlic and brown sugar. Sounds so gross, I know, but it was AMAZING!!!!!!!

82. Go to a comedy club- saw Billy Gardel at Helium Comedy Club. HILARIOUS!!!!!!!! Must go back again!!

84. Take Jin to the dog park 30 times (once a month) (5/30): tried out the Pretzel park in Manayunk. Jin-jin had a great time!!! :)

86. Change my name back to HAYES: YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Officially and LEGALLY back to HAYES!!!!!!18. Visit family 15 times (8/15)

1. Obtain my real estate license- not done with it quite yet, but I finished taking my two courses and passed both of those tests! :) So now I just need to sit for the state exam! eeks!

28. Go out for a girl’s night once a month (5/24)- went to the Britney Spears concert! :) tee hee hee!

77. Try 15 restaurants I have never tried before (one every other month) (30/15)

• Estia: very good greek food in a very romantic setting
• XIX: this was a very pretty restaurant, but I felt like it was just expensive to be expensive.

79. See 101 new movies (26/101)

• stardust: kind of like "shrek" in that it is kind of a kids movie, but then has a lot of adult humor.
• Baby Mama: eh, it was ok. Took place in Philly though! :)
• Wolverine: boo!!!!!!!!!!! I had such high hopes for this movie because I love wolverine and Hugh Jackman, but.......... yeah......... it was kind of cheesy and disappointing.
• Hitch: humorous.
  
  

49. Go to a farmers market three times (4/3)- went to the Reading Terminal Market with Matthew! I bought bok choy, cheeses and tried a fresh pretzel. :) Yum, yum! I finally made a bok choy dish that was good too!! (see #80)

50. Support local artists/musicians three times (2/3)- this one is a few weeks overdue, but I forgot to mention....... I went to the piano bar to listen to some local people play. It was a neat place with great atmosphere.

77. Try 15 restaurants I have never tried before (one every other month) (28/15)
- Devil's Alley
- Ruths Chris Steakhouse- clearly this wasn't for me! haha. Happy birthday to my lovey Matthew! :)

79. See 101 new movies (22/101)
- Elizabeth and the golden age- gotta say....... this one was kind of a snore fest. I kept expecting it to heat up.......and it didn't. The poor virgin queen only got a kiss from her hottie love interest.

80. Try 30 new recipes (once a month) (5/30)
-buffalo chicken nachos: yum yum!!
-baby bok choy with cashews (veggie friends- you need to try this!!): super yum! I have tried only once before to make the bok choy, but it failed miserably...... this time, great success!!! :-D

84. Take Jin to the dog park 30 times (once a month) (4/30)
Jin-jin had a lovely "date" with his mommy and daddy at the Schuylkill river park. It was such a hot day, but a lot of fun to be able to go and watch the dogs play. :) Then he got to walk around center city and check out potential new houses. What a fun day!

98. Buy myself a piece of jewelry
Turned my old ring into a beautiful necklace! :) yay!!!!!!!!!!!!